The Swedish Conquer Königstein Fortress | 2nd - 3rd June 2018

Huge Reenactment Event

See uniform groups with 300 actors in different encampments with about 100 tents! Experience the daily routine of soldiers in those times – many performances wait for you, among others fencing exercises, deployments with drums and fanfares, cooking over open fire, armourer, button-maker and girdler at work …and of course the storming of the Fortress with cannons and muskets.

Highlights

Conquest of Königstein Fortress by the Swedish troops (combat performance for one hour)

Historical background

In 1639 – during the Thirty Years’ War – Swedish troops came from Pirna and trekked to Bohemia but they did not charge Königstein Fortress.